But Warren Mayor Jim Fouts is hoping to keep that fight alive by handing out bumper stickers.

Warren Mayor Jim Fouts

"It may be the only way to register protest to
this unfair legislation," Fouts said in a statement today, offering bumper stickers that read "Right-to-work means lower wages & benefits," to anyone who calls his office.

Gov. Rick Snyder and Michigan's Republican leadership pushed through the
legislation last month during a wild lame-duck session, making Michigan the 24th state to prohibit
requiring workers to pay union dues or fees as a condition of
employment.

But Fouts is skeptical of the benefits and is still speaking out, weeks after the legislation was passed.

"This law is a slap-in-the-face to union members,
their families and union retirees whose gains in the workplace have raised
wages and benefits and made the workplace safer, even for non-union
employees," he said in the statement. "Our standard of living in Michigan is higher for
everyone because of union-won gains at the bargaining table."